[car_overhaul] Yellow 205 Rallye..

[mattg 3]

what a project. very impressed!

[Jackman 0]

It is an OMP exhaust. I think I sold him one of the last in the country as they got discontinued this year.

 

Kev

 

Spot on!

 

The car is now off the road for winter months with a few plans in mind, so keep an eye out

[Wallby 39]

Souns good but I cant see the pictures! Can everyone else see them?

[BusEngineer 7]

I cant either

[rubyna 4 1 Cars]

neither can i, it shows upgrade to pro today (photo bucket).

[Jackman 0]

My photobucket has been disabled until the 25th

 

Should be back online then

[Wallby 39]

Thats not too long then! Sure we can all wait another day!

[Jackman 0]

I am back up and running!

[Jackman 0]

So the first update of the winter.

 

Today i decided to start stripping the car down ready for the engine to be pulled out.

 

Started with

 

Progress

 

Loom and KMS packed away safely

 

Nice bit of rust to sort!

 

Left it as

 

Engine will be out by tomorrow and on a stand ready to be treated

[Jackman 0]

Managed to spend more time on the car again today!

 

Engine is now out!

 

 

Clutch and Flywheel off

 

 

On the stand

 

 

Stripped down some more

 

 

Time to get cleaning!

[Jackman 0]

Managed another hour on the engine tonight!

 

Nothing to exciting but progress all the same!

 

Just stripped a few brackets off and the rockers!

 

 

Left like so

 

 

Keeping it all in order as im bound to lose something!

 

[stuart 31 3 Cars]

Looks more organised than when I disassembled my engine!

[allye 530 3 Cars]

Why the rebuild? What was up with it?

 

Ali

[Jackman 0]

Why the rebuild? What was up with it?

 

Ali

 

Mostly just so i had something to do over the winter!

 

But its also good peace of mine ready for some track days next year!

[Jackman 0]

So a bit more again today as i finished work at 2.

 

Started to clean the block off with some Autoglym engine cleaner!

 

 

Then took the cams out

 

 

And finally pulled the head off!

 

[Nrj 0]

Excellent thread, enjoyed reading it.

 

What the engine like in a 205? quick but not stupid?

 

prob' like fitting small block 16v in a nova

[backroadpug 12]

wow nice thread very interesting.car looks amazing and bet it performs to. Ihad same engine to go into my rallye but had to sell

[Adie_89 0]

Nice rallye lad!!

[Jackman 0]

Ditched my cleaning products for some manly power tools tonight!

 

Why i didn't do this earlier i'll never know!

 

Should be ready for paint by the weekend!

 

 

Gave the front of the block its first lick of paint today! Pretty happy with it! Should look awesome in a freshly painted bay!

 

 

Also managed to pick up this adaptor so i can run my Oil Temp Gauge, which i'm well happy about!

 

[Guest sweetser]

absoloutly love this car mate, good work. Would love to have it

[edthedrummer 0]

Great project, really enjoyed reading through this. You should be proud!

[marksorrento205 80]

Just read this through, great project keep up the good work

[mikebullock84 0]

just read this from start to finish, well done, you have chucked a fair bit of cash at this rallye! fair play! great photos, great read, keep it up!

[Jackman 0]

Thanks very much guys!

 

So here it is!

 

 

I'm just about to sit down and read it!

[custard-rallye 25]

awesome i was wandering when it was out will go buy it today. oh and its me that has been speaking to you on sax-p